U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
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A 24-year-old legal permanent resident from McAllen, Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to straw purchase a firearm intended for a Mexican drug trafficking organization.
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A Mexican national living in Houston has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei of the Southern District of Texas.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale drug trafficking operation.
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A Mexican national living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei of the Southern District of Texas.
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A Honduran national living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States.
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A total of 413 individuals have been charged in immigration and border security enforcement actions between February 6 and February 13, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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An 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed in Houston, charging 20 alleged members and associates of the “Free Money” gang with racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses.
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A 48-year-old Honduran national, Oscar Javier Quiroz Perdomo, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.
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A supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been arrested and charged with harboring an illegal alien, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Belize national residing in Conroe has pleaded guilty to assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas.
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Two women from Conroe, Texas, have been indicted on charges related to the kidnapping and forced labor of a minor, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A former Social Security Administration employee in Houston has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to steal government funds.
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Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have filed 363 cases related to immigration offenses between January 30 and February 5, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 31-year-old resident of Beeville, Texas, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Two men from the Houston area have been convicted on several charges after a federal jury found them guilty in connection with a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the shooting of a Katy man.
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A Spring, Texas resident has been sentenced for embezzling over $1 million from his employer to fund gambling debts, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A man from Chugaik, Alaska, has been indicted in the Southern District of Texas for allegedly paying to bring unauthorized immigrants into the United States.
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A Houston physician has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records, which allegedly made some patients ineligible for organ transplants.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) reported that it collected a total of $148,149,674.47 in criminal, civil, and asset forfeiture actions during 2025.
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A Mexican citizen has been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to smuggle fentanyl and cocaine into the United States while traveling with his family, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.